Dumping-wagon.



2. E. SGHELLENGBE.

nnmrme warm. APPLICATION rum) D20. 10', 1910.

Patented June18,'l9l2,

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. a. SGHELLENGBR.

DUEFING WAGGR. MPMOATIGN FILED D30. 10, 1910. I

- Patanted June '18, 1912.

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. sT Es or .7 a? gI'qxrllaqkomztmay concern: 1 gBetlmown that I, Emma E. SCIIELLEN- gss citi zen of the United States, residing at dt iverside, in the county of Riverside and S tate ;i )f .California, have invented. certain F ew-find useful Improvements in Dumping- ;gons; of which the following is a specifis tiem Q My invention relates to dumping wagons gnd ;part icularly to that class of dumpingwagons; forming'the subjectof my pending -a ppl ic ation for Patent, Serial No. 592,399,, filedpnthe let-h day of November, 1910, the object of the invention being to provide a g dumping wagon with means whereby the,

loadgas t' is dumped may be distributed to a unif orni depth upon the ground as the wagon fn yes -fonward, thisdepth being capable of gegu l a tion, .the regulating means also prog g vidin means for giving the crown of the 1tr1 1gterial; soYdistributed any desired inclinad'nother objeet of the invention is. to proy dggg device of'this character. adapted to 'eever anyarea. of any length and having any yapy ngpross section across its width.

935A, further (lb]eCt-'1S to provide a device of tliis character which is capable of unloading discharging its lead under the control t}? apd'mill of the operator.

' A @fiurther ob ect 18 to provlde a dumplng wagon having a dischargeregulating device thereon,'whicl1 not only regulates the .rate of djseharge of the load from the wagon, but

g also regulates the depth of the distributed material and does this automatically as the wagon moves along the roadway or ground upon which the material is being discharged. iny prior application I have shown an gg attachment. ,which is not permanently fas- 5q vforming a continuation of the wagon hopper while the other gate provides a depth-regulat'i'ng blade which carries forward the surpl'ns-.-material as it is discharged frorn- 'the hopperfland distributes it.-

PATENT OF ELMER n scimnnnnsnn ornmvsnsmn, CALIFORNIA. I i

i i numrruc-wiisou. i i I -specificationbtzgtters.Patent; I v Application filed December 10, 1910; "Serial No. I.

' My invention shown i1 ing drawings whereini. 1 Figure '1 is a' side elevi on offmy' im-i provedavagon. the gates beiiigfshown in their dumping position. Fig- 2 is a rear view of the lower end of the hopper, the gate and blade beingshown in elevation. 1 Fig.3 isa'? horizontal section of thelowerend of th'e hopper at its junction with the'gatesflfs r Corresponding and like pants are refer? d be ab h inyll as:

to in-the following description and injdi-f cated in all the views of the ae'comp'anymg drawings by the same'reference characters.

. Referring to these figiires,' 2 designates af wagon of any desired character and having thereon the wagonfbody This wa ed-7o body has the shape of a hopper,.the lower end of the hopper being formed with a. dis- 1 eharge opening. 4 exte'ndiiig 'eiit-i'relj h'ci'oss the hopper. Hingedly mounted fu'p'on thefront wall of the'lowest'portion ofthe hop- .f15

.per, forward of the opening 4, 1'sfthel'gate 5 or forward door. This gate tili'asthe Side wgs 6 which have the; form of-segzinent sgl 0t circles, the gate-5 being of suclrwidth, thatthese side wings, when the' gatez -is 'el0sed,-;S0 l

extend up on each s de on the outsideofithe hopper. The freeendofthe door or gate 5 is attached to limi'tja-rg-hains 7 which'extend up on either sideof the hopper andattheir upper ends zireattatzhedtotlie body of the. hopper as at SUThes-i limiting chains or connections 7 simply 'hold' the door or gate 5, when lowered, in'"'al inement 'with the. front wall of the hopper "and=therefore at a.

proper inclination'to discharge the material 90,

from the hopper. It'will be seen that-this gate'.5 causes the material from the hopper to be discharged in a rearward'd1rect1on.

4 v Hingedly mountcdupon the rea'r wallvbfthe: t ned or attached to the wagon body but." which is engaged by eachwagon in turn as thegwgon comes to unload. whichattach injentjact s as above described. In the presg} tart appli'eatioul provide, generally speak- 111g, dumping wagon having a discharge" opening extending transversely across 'thej wagon,- this discharge opening being;provided with opposed gates, one of the gateshopper adjacent to the opening l is the roe-I- gate or door 9. This door is slightly longer:- than the width 'oif'the hopper opening and is providedupdii its 'sides with the wings 10,, which when th d'oor is closed extend up on the outside of the lower end of the hoppeig loo as shown in dotted lines in Fig. -1. The for; 1

ward end of the door 9-and the forwardend of the door-or gate :5 are. connected byeflexig ble connections 11 so thatwhenthegtxtefi is in the position shown in t'ull lines-1n Fig. 10.5 I, the gate or'd'o'or 9 will he practieally at right angles to :the IOfltlbfidiaiThG COllIltiC 'tion 11 isattached to a'flexible'cordor chain 12 which passes over a pulley lii and preferably extends to a Windlass or like winding device 14 actuated in any suitable manner.-

As illustrated, the windlass 14:15 actuated by means of a lever 15 having a bolt 16 e11 gaging with a toothed gear 17 mounted upon the windlassi A pawl 18 is provided which will prevent-the unwinding of the Windlass and hold i t in any adjusted position, this pawl havin a lever projectingup inzfront of the dashlioardmin convenient position to "the driver This form of windlass'and operating lever therefor being old requires no further description. It will be understood that there is a connection 12 on each side of these openings increasing in "ize as-they are located nearer to 'theJuppe "edge of-the blade. Bolts 22"pass through these openings hnd adjustably attach the blade o the door Nice the material may be distributed toya;

9. The Wings 10 extend outwardly and latorally at a slightinclination-as shown. in Fig. 3. :Theblade may be adjusted .so as to Xtendto-any desired degree below the lower.

edge 'of the door-9 and it will be obvious.

that the blade maybe set at' any desired angle, theelongatedslots permitting this.

. angular adjustment of theblade.

'The operation of'-"my'1nvention is as follows. When the wagon has reached the place atwhichthe load 'is to be dumped,

as for-instance a roadway whichis to be covered with broken stone, gravel or sand,v the driver releases the connection 12, by op erating the, lever 1f), and permits the di' or 5 t'o'open. into 'alinement with the front ll of the hopper, while the door 9'drops down;- intoal position at right angles with the roadbed. Under. these circumstances the'load willc'ommence to pass downward from the hopper and will be directed rearward by i the door 5, the door 5 with its wings 6 acting.

as an extension of the hopper; The scraper;

or bladejQO as the wagon moves forward;

' pushes the material ahead of it and levels.

the material engaged by it as illustrated in Fig. 1. The excess of the material. 'Wlll therefore be carried forward and'properly' distributed until the wagon isferhpty It will be seen that the'forwarddoor-5 primarily lengthens or increases the capacity of the wagon without sacrificing anyof theadvantages of the hopper-shaped body. It

also acts, however, to reduce the draft power ofl' then-cad material to a uniform level by reduciifg thelcross section between the bot.-

tOIi; QLt-hedoor 9 and the bottom edge of the door fiwhen open. -This prevents the material released from pouring ahead farther ih requircd' t6 crowd-ahead and cut i 'thana' ver limited distance and thus.the-- .inaterial is not scattered but isjheld well will of course be obvious that the wings '11 being flared and being attached to the blade, which is wider than the hopper, must ,be outside.-

While I have shown what-l believe to be awe'ry effective fprm' of my device, I do not wish to be lirnited toall these details as it :is obvious that many changesimightbelmade therein, theprincipal feature of my invention being. the provision of a distributing blade located immediately in rearflof the hopper opening so that all material passing out of the hopperopening will be pushed alongby the blade and the material leveled by the lower-edge of the blade.

It will. be seen that by the use of-my' deuniformdepth for any desired distance and that this material will also have a uniform 'width. The materialma-ybe distributed 'to agreater' width by repeating the operation, that is, driving the-wagon parallel to its first'path o-.travel.' Thus the wagon is capable of covering any area of any width 'or any-,lengthtto a uniform depth. "Further more; it will be obvious that a'road of any cross section may be fully covered across its widthand. that it' matters not whether the road he stepped, concave or convex, and that the distributed material may be given any desired-conformation, either stepped, concaveiorcon'vex-by raisin or lowering both ends o'f-the ad'ustable b ade. The edge of,

theadj ustable lade may begiven any par- 7 titular form desired to produce {any particular result. j 1 v 1. A dumpin wagon liaviiig a discharge opeiiing exten ing transversely across 1t,

a distributing blade supported. upon the bottom oF-Ithe wagonrearward of the diseharge 'op'eni' and extending entirely n across 1t, said bide being inde endentl vadthe rear end of said discharge opening, said gate being adapted to swing into a position to partially close the discharge opening, or

into a vertical position, and a distributer mounted upon said gate and projecting be- -lowthe free edge thereofand vertically adjustable with relation thereto.

3. A dumpm wagon having a discharge 0 ienin exten in transversel across it a gate pivoted to the bottom of the wagon at the rear end of said dischargeyopening',

mg movement of said gate to a position 1n alinement with the forward wall of the hopper, a gate pivoted to the bottom at the rear end of the discharge opening, a flexi ble connection between the free ends of both of said gates, an actuatin means, and a flexible connection extending from said first namedfiexible connection to said actuating mechanism whereby the gates may be raised or lowered and a distributer blade ate pivoted to the bottom of the.

mounted upon the lower edge of the reargate for independent vertical adjnstment;

shaped body formed with a discharge open-- ing at its lower end extending transversely to the wagon, a gate hingedly mounted noon the bottom of the bodyforward of thc'dis charge opening,said gate being provided with lateral upwardly projecting wings, means for limiting theopening movement oft'he gate, a gate pivoted to the body rearward ot the dischargeopening and adapted to swing into 'a vertical position, a distribut- 35 5. A dumping wagon having ahoppering blade adjustably mounted upon'saidgate and having laterally and forwardly projecting inclined wings, oppositely disposed flexible connections between the free ends of bgtji gates, pulleys mounted upon the hoppe shaped body. on opposite "sides thereof and above the discharge opening, *ficxible connecticnson opposite sides of the body extending down tothe flexible connections connecting 'the gates, saidconnections passing over the pulleys, a Windlass over which the flexible connections pass, and .means for actuating the Windlass. l

In testimony whereof, .I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I

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\Vitnesses: WALTER V. NEwMAN, S. H. BULKELEY. 

